Injuries and risk taking in alpine skiing

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1397, 2001, Pages 139-146

  Goulet, Claude ^a   Régnier, Guy ^b   Valois, Pierre ^c   Ouellet, Gaétan ^d  

^a Min S des Serv Social du Quebec   (Canada)

^b Conseil d'Eval Technol Technol S ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine skiing; Attitude; Injuries; Motivation; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041075192     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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